Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology
- 1.2 Pronunciation
- 1.3 Noun
- 1.3.1 Hyponyms
- 1.3.2 Derived terms
- 1.3.3 Related terms
- 1.3.4 Descendants
- 1.3.5 Translations
- 1.3.6 Further reading
- 1.4 Verb
- 1.5 Anagrams
- 2 Indonesian
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Pronunciation
- 2.3 Noun
- 2.3.1 Related terms
- 2.4 Further reading
- 3 Malay
- 3.1 Noun
- 3.2 Further reading
- 4 Middle English
- 4.1 Noun
- 5 Norwegian Bokmål
- 5.1 Etymology
- 5.2 Noun
- 5.2.1 Derived terms
- 5.3 See also
- 5.4 References
- 6 Norwegian Nynorsk
- 6.1 Etymology
- 6.2 Noun
- 6.2.1 Derived terms
- 6.3 See also
- 6.4 References
- 7 Polish
- 7.1 Etymology
- 7.2 Pronunciation
- 7.3 Noun
- 7.3.1 Declension
- 7.3.2 Related terms
- 7.4 Further reading
- 8 Romanian
- 8.1 Etymology
- 8.2 Noun
- 8.2.1 Declension
- 8.2.2 See also
- 9 Serbo-Croatian
- 9.1 Pronunciation
- 9.2 Noun
- 9.2.1 Declension
- 10 Swedish
- 10.1 Pronunciation
- 10.2 Noun
- 10.2.1 Declension
- 10.2.2 Related terms
- 10.2.3 See also
- 10.3 References
- 10.4 Anagrams
- 11 Vietnamese
- 11.1 Pronunciation
- 11.2 Noun
- 11.2.1 Synonyms
- 11.3 See also
English
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Etymology
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From Middle English organe, from Old French organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon, “an instrument, implement, tool, also an organ of sense or apprehension, an organ of the body, also a musical instrument, an organ”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-. Doublet of organon, organum, and orgue.
Pronunciation
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɡən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɹɡən/
Audio (General American): (file) - hom*ophone: Oregon (one pronunciation)
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡən
- Hyphenation: or‧gan
Noun
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organ (plural organs)
- The larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
bodily organs
vital organ
2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 98:
No matter the extraordinary progress that has been made in heart surgery over the past century, the heart remains a vulnerable organ.
- (by extension) A body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions.
- (music) A musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […] , the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
- An official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
- Short for organ pipe cactus.
- A government organization; agency; authority.
- (slang) The penis.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 81:
If the Snake has an unmistakeable resemblance to the male organ in its active state, the foliage of the tree or bush is equally remindful of the female.
- (historical, military) An Asian form of mitrailleuse.
1790, H. Compton, A particular account of the European military adventurers of Hindustan, from 1784 to 1803, page 61:
Lieutenant Roberts was also severely wounded by a missile, or weapon called an Organ, which is composed of about thirty-six gun barrels so joined as to fire at once.
Hyponyms
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- See also Thesaurus:organ.
of the biological sense
of the sense “a musical instrument”
of the sense “a medium of communication”
Derived terms
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- baroque organ
- Bidder's organ
- blow-organ
- Bojanus organ
- cat organ
- chair organ
- chamber organ
- chancel organ
- choir organ
- chord organ
- clonewheel organ
- electric organ
- electronic organ
- end-organ
- end organ
- gallery organ
- genital organ
- Hammond organ
- hand organ
- Hunter's organ
- intromittent organ
- Jacobson's organ
- Johnston's organ
- jook organ
- juke organ
- juxtaoral organ
- labyrinth organ
- language organ
- Lowrey organ
- male organ
- mouth-organ
- olfactory organ
- organ cactus
- organ console
- organ donation
- organ donor
- organelle (noun)
- organ grinder
- organ gun
- organ harmonium
- organ harvesting
- organ loft
- organ of Berlese
- organ of Chievitz
- organ of Corti
- organ of elimination
- organ of Rosenmüller
- organ of state
- organ of Zuckerkandl
- organ pipe
- organ-pipe cactus
- organ pleat
- organ point
- organ-point
- organ scholar
- organ screen
- organ stop
- organ system
- organ tablature
- organ transplant
- paratympanic organ
- portative organ
- positif organ
- positive organ
- positiv organ
- pump organ
- reed organ
- reproductive organ
- roller organ
- Sach's organ
- Stalin's organ
- steam organ
- subcommissural organ
- vomeronasal organ
Related terms
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Descendants
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Translations
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part of an organism
- Afrikaans: orgaan
- Albanian: organ(sq)m, ndërjetës
- Apache:
- Western Apache: bibiiyeʼ
- Arabic: عُضْو(ar)m (ʕuḍw), عِضْو(ar)m (ʕiḍw)
- Armenian: օրգան(hy) (ōrgan)
- Assamese: অংগ (oṅgo)
- Asturian: muérganu(ast)m, órganu(ast)m
- Azerbaijani:
- Belarusian: о́рганm (órhan)
- Bengali: অঙ্গ(bn) (oṅgo)
- Bulgarian: о́рган(bg)m (órgan)
- Burmese: အင်္ဂါ(my) (angga)
- Carpathian Rusyn: о́рґанm (órgan)
- Catalan: òrgan(ca)m
- Chinese:
- Czech: orgán(cs)m
- Danish: organ(da)n
- Dutch: orgaan(nl)n
- Esperanto: organo(eo)
- Estonian: organ(et), elund
- Faroese: gagnn
- Finnish: elin(fi)
- French: organe(fr)m
- Friulian: orghinm
- Galician: órgano(gl)m
- Georgian: ორგანო (organo)
- German: Organ(de)n
- Greek: όργανο(el)n (órgano)
- Ancient: ὄργανονn (órganon)
- Haitian Creole: ògàn
- Hebrew: אֵיבָר(he)m (eivár)
- Hindi: अंग(hi)m (aṅg), ऑर्गनm (ŏrgan)
- Hungarian: szerv(hu)
- Icelandic: líffæri(is)n
- Ido: organo(io)
- Ingrian: organa
- Italian: organo(it)m
- Japanese: 器官(ja) (きかん, kikan)
- Kazakh: мүше (müşe), ағза (ağza)
- Khmer: សរីរាង្គ (saʼrəyriəng), អង្គ(km) (ʼɑng)
- Korean: 기관(器官)(ko) (gigwan)
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: орган(ky) (organ), мүчө(ky) (mücö)
- Lao: ອະໄວຍະວະ (ʼa wai nya wa), ອົງ (ʼong)
- Latin: viscusn, organumn
- Latvian: orgāns(lv)m
- Lithuanian: organasm
- Luhya: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: орган(mk)m (organ)
- Malay: organ(ms)
- Marathi: इंद्रियn (indriy), अंगn (aṅga)
- Mongolian:
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: organ(no)n
- Nynorsk: organn
- Ottoman Turkish: عضو (ouzv)
- Pashto: اندام(ps)m (andãm), ارګانm (orgān), عضو(ps)f (ózwə)
- Persian: اندام(fa) (andâm), عضو(fa) ('ozv)
- Polish: narząd(pl)m, organ(pl)m
- Portuguese: órgão(pt)
- Romanian: organ(ro)n
- Russian: о́рган(ru)m (órgan)
- Sanskrit: अङ्ग(sa)m (aṅga)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: orgánm
- Slovene: organ(sl)m
- Spanish: órgano(es)m
- Swahili: ogani
- Swedish: organ(sv)n
- Tagalog: tatag, organo(tl)
- Tajik: аъзо(tg) (aʾzo), узв (uzv), андом (andom)
- Tamil: உறுப்பு(ta) (uṟuppu)
- Telugu: అంగము(te) (aṅgamu), అవయవము(te) (avayavamu)
- Thai: อวัยวะ(th) (à-wai-yá-wá), องค์(th) (ong)
- Turkish: organ(tr), uzuv(tr)
- Turkmen: organ
- Tuvan: орган (organ)
- Ukrainian: о́рган(uk)m (órhan)
- Urdu: عضو (uzv)
- Uyghur: ئەزا (eza), ئورگان (organ)
- Uzbek: aʼzo(uz), organ(uz), mucha(uz)
- Vietnamese: cơ quan(vi)
- Walloon: organem
- Welsh: organ(cy)m or f
- Yakut: сэп (sep)
- Yiddish: אָרגאַןm (organ)
body of an organization
- Belarusian: о́рганm (órhan)
- Bulgarian: о́рган(bg)m (órgan)
- Chinese:
- Dutch: orgaan(nl)n
- Finnish: toimielin(fi), elin(fi)
- French: organe(fr)m
- Friulian: argagnm
- German: Organ(de)n
- Hungarian: szerv(hu), szervezet(hu), testület(hu), intézmény(hu)
- Japanese: 機関(ja) (きかん, kikan)
- Korean: 기관(機關)(ko) (gigwan)
- Polish: organ(pl)m
- Russian: о́рган(ru)m (órgan), учрежде́ние(ru)n (učreždénije)
- Spanish: órgano(es)m
- Ukrainian: о́рган(uk)m (órhan)
- Vietnamese: cơ quan(vi)
musical instrument
- Afrikaans: orrel(af)
- Arabic: أُرْغُن(ar)m (ʔurḡun)
- Armenian: երգեհոն(hy) (ergehon)
- Asturian: muérganu(ast)m, órganu(ast)m
- Azerbaijani: orqan, ərgənun
- Basque: organo
- Belarusian: арга́нm (arhán)
- Bulgarian: о́рган(bg)m (órgan)
- Burmese: အော်ဂန် (augan)
- Catalan: orgue(ca)m
- Chinese:
- Czech: varhany(cs)pl
- Danish: orgel(da)n
- Dutch: orgel(nl)n
- Esperanto: orgeno
- Estonian: orel(et)
- Faroese: urgaf, orguln
- Finnish: urut(fi)pl
- French: orgue(fr)m
- Friulian: organm
- Galician: órgano(gl)m, orgom
- Georgian: ორგანი(ka) (organi), ორღანი (orɣani)
- German: Orgel(de)f
- Alemannic German: Oorgelef
- Greek: εκκλησιαστικό όργανοn (ekklisiastikó órgano), όργανο(el)n (órgano)
- Hebrew: אוֹרְגָּן(he)m (orgán), עוּגָב(he)m ('ugáv)
- Hindi: ऑर्गनm (ŏrgan)
- Hungarian: orgona(hu)
- Icelandic: orgel(is)n
- Ido: orgeno(io)
- Indonesian: organ(id)
- Irish: orgánm
- Italian: organo(it)m
- Japanese: オルガン(ja) (orugan), 風琴(ja) (ふうきん, fūkin)
- Korean: 오르간 (oreugan), 풍금(風琴) (punggeum)
- Latin: organum tubulatumn, organumn
- Latvian: ērģelesfpl
- Lithuanian: vargonaimpl
- Luhya: please add this translation if you can
- Luxembourgish: Uergel(lb)
- Macedonian: оргулаf (orgula)
- Malay: organ(ms)
- Maori: ōkana, pūkeru
- Marathi: ऑर्गनm (ŏrgan)
- Norman: orguem
- Norwegian:
- Persian: ارگ(fa) (org), ارغنون(fa) (arğanun)
- Polish: organy(pl)pl
- Portuguese: órgão(pt)
- Romanian: orgă(ro)f
- Russian: орга́н(ru)m (orgán)
- Scottish Gaelic: òrganm
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: organm
- Slovene: orgle(sl)fpl
- Spanish: órgano(es)m
- Swedish: orgel(sv)c
- Tagalog: organo(tl)
- Tajik: арғунун (arġunun)
- Tamil: ஓர்கன் (ōrkaṉ)
- Telugu: సంగీతపు పెట్టె (saṅgītapu peṭṭe)
- Thai: ออร์แกน(th) (ɔɔ-gɛɛn)
- Turkish: org(tr)
- Ukrainian: орга́н(uk)m (orhán)
- Vietnamese: oóc-gan
- Volapük: gel(vo)
- Walloon: ôre(wa)f
- Welsh: organ(cy)m or f
- West Frisian: oargeln
official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication
- Armenian: մարմին(hy) (marmin), օրգան(hy) (ōrgan)
- Belarusian: о́рганm (órhan)
- Bulgarian: орган(bg)m (organ)
- Danish: organ(da)n
- Dutch: orgaan(nl)n
- Faroese: málgagnn, urgaf (derogatory)
- Finnish: äänenkannattaja(fi)
- German: Organ(de)n
- Hungarian: orgánum(hu), sajtóorgánum(hu)
- Icelandic: málgagn(is)n
- Italian: organo(it)m
- Lithuanian: organasm
- Macedonian: орган(mk)m (organ)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: organ(no)n
- Nynorsk: organn
- Persian: ترجمان(fa) (tarjomân)
- Polish: organ(pl)m
- Portuguese: publicação oficialf
- Russian: о́рган(ru)m (órgan)
- Spanish: publicación oficialf
- Swedish: organ(sv)n
- Telugu: అంగము(te) (aṅgamu)
- Turkish: organ(tr)
- Ukrainian: о́рган(uk)m (órhan)
species of cactus
- Finnish: urkupillikaktus (taxonomic name also used)
- Spanish: órgano(es)m
Further reading
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- “organ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “organ”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Verb
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organ (third-person singular simple present organs, present participle organing, simple past and past participle organed)
- (obsolete, transitive) To supply with an organ or organs; to fit with organs.
1681, Thomas Manningham, Two Discourses:
Thou art elemented and organ'd for other apprehensions.
Anagrams
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- nagor, grano, angor, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Ongar, Angor, Agron, argon, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, orang, Ronga
Indonesian
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Etymology
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From Dutch orgaan, from Middle Dutch organe, from Latin organum, from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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organ
- organ:
- (biology) a larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
- (music) a musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
- an official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
- mouthpiece, a spokesperson or medium aligned with an organisation.
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Further reading
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- “organ” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation –Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
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Noun
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organ (Jawi spelling اورݢن, plural organ-organ, informal 1st possessive organku, 2nd possessive organmu, 3rd possessive organnya)
- organ:
- (biology) a larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions.
- (music) a musical instrument that has multiple pipes which play when a key is pressed (the pipe organ), or an electronic instrument designed to replicate such.
- an official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization.
Further reading
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- “organ” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
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Noun
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organ
- Alternative form of organe
Norwegian Bokmål
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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Etymology
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From Latin organum, a borrowing from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon).
Noun
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organn (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ or organer, definite plural organa or organene)
- (anatomy, biology) an organ
- an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
- a body (e.g. an advisory body)
Derived terms
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See also
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- orgel (musical instrument)
References
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- “organ” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Etymology
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From Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), via Latin organum.
Noun
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organn (definite singular organet, indefinite plural organ, definite plural organa)
- (anatomy, biology) an organ
- an organ (publication which represents an organisation)
- a body (e.g. an advisory body)
Derived terms
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See also
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- orgel (musical instrument)
References
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- “organ” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
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Etymology
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Learned borrowing from Latin organum.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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organminan (related adjective organowy)
- organ (larger part of an organism, composed of tissues that perform similar functions)
- Synonym: narząd
- (government) organ (body of an organization dedicated to the performing of certain functions)
- (politics) organ (official magazine, newsletter, or similar publication of an organization)
- (in the plural) organ, pipe organ (largest of all musical instruments, played from an organ console which produces its sound by sending air through whistles and/or reeds called organ pipes, by direct mechanical action)
- (in the plural) organ, pipe organ (electronic instrument designed to replicate the pipe organ)
Declension
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Declension of organ
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nouns
Further reading
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- organ in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- organy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- organ in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- organ in PWN's encyclopedia
Romanian
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Etymology
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From Byzantine Greek ὄργανος (órganos), from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (órganon), partly through the intermediate of Slavic *orъganъ. Some senses also based on French orgue (cf. orgă), Latin organum, Italian organo.
Noun
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organn (plural organe)
Declension
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Declension of organ
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Serbo-Croatian
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Pronunciation
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Noun
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òrgānm (Cyrillic spelling о̀рга̄н)
- organ (part of an organism)
Declension
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Declension of organ
Swedish
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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Pronunciation
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Audio: (file)
Noun
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organn
- (anatomy) an organ (a part of the body)
- (euphemistic) a penis
- a (state) body that performs societal functions
- (dated) a voice (of a singer or actor)
- Hon förenade med ett utmärkt teateryttre en hög grad af intelligens, en ypperlig organ och en förträfflig deklamationskonst
- She combined with excellent theatrical looks a high degree of intelligence, an extraordinary voice and a splendid mastery of declamation
- Hon förenade med ett utmärkt teateryttre en hög grad af intelligens, en ypperlig organ och en förträfflig deklamationskonst
- an organ; a newspaper (of an organization, i.e. its voice)
Declension
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Declension of organ | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | organ | organet | organ | organen |
Genitive | organs | organets | organs | organens |
Related terms
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Related terms
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References
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- organ in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- organ in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- organ in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
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Vietnamese
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Pronunciation
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- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɔk̚˧˦ ɣaːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɔk̚˦˧˥ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔɔk̚˦˥ ɣaːŋ˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: oóc gan
Noun
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(classifier đàn) organ
Synonyms
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- (keyboard): đàn phím
See also
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